Senior Backend Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Kraken with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Backend Developer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kraken overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kraken as a Senior Backend Developer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Personality test: 25%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kraken (London, England) in Sep 2023
Interview
Conversational, engaging and fun. The take-home test was a real-world problem and I was given a lot of space to do what I wanted to do to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is an interesting new technology I've been looking at recently.
I applied online. I interviewed at Kraken (Paris) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview was done in 4 steps :
- a short call with a talent partner from Kraken
- very friendly and interesting
- an assignment done at home
- 4 hours longs
- a real company problem to solve
- an interview with 2 technical people from different teams
- you discuss your assignment and some other technical subject
- gives an idea about the company atmosphere
- an interview with two managers
- some technical questions were asked to see how you can explain to technical or non technical people
After the last step is completed, you get an offer quickly.